With the current widespread bird flu and rising egg prices, some Americans may be starting to wonder where their eggs actually come from. Aren't hens just popping out a bunch of eggs each day? If you ...

By managing light, nutrition, molt schedules, and other things like nutrition, housing, and health, commercial farms can help ...

In Episode 153 of Mother Earth News and Friends, we’re asking the big questions about chicken eggs: How many eggs does a chicken lay a day? What factors affect egg yield? And why do chickens stop ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

Raising chickens for eggs can be rewarding, but — as I wrote previously — it requires a commitment of time and money. If you do it properly, you will never have a shortage of fresh eggs, year-round.

Producing clean table eggs from a flock raised in a deep litter system has always been a big challenge to most poultry farmers. It even becomes a tall order during the rainy season when the litter ...